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APPLICATION FILED 1230.10, 1908.

Patented July 20, 1909.

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TRUNK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1909.

Application filed December 10, 1908. Serial No. 466,793.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FINZLER, a subject of the King of Hungary, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to trunks, and the object of my invention is to provide a trunk with drawers and'novel means for retaining said drawers in a closed position.

My invention aims to provide a trunk or chest for traveling purposes having drawers arranged therein providing compartments similar to a bureau. To this end, I construct a trunk with movable drawers and a movable tray, said drawersbeing retained in a closed position by a movable front-wall of the trunk, and this wall, together with the tray, are retained in a closed position by the lid of the trunk.

The detail construction entering into my invention will be presently described and then specifically pointed "out in the appended claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a trunk constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2'is a perspective view of the same with the trunk lid and two of the drawers thereof open, Fig. 3 is"a plan of the trunk with the lid open, Fig 4 is an end view of the trunk, and Fig. 5 is a cross sectional view of the same.

My improved trunk comprises a bottom 1, end walls 2, a rear wall 3, and a movable front wall 4, said end walls being provided with corner posts 5 and 6. The upper ends of the posts (5 are connected by a longitudinal top bar 7 and the confronting edges of said posts are chamfered, as at S to provide vertical guide grooves for the movable front wall at. This wall is slotted, adjacent to the upper edge thereof, as at 9 to provide hand grips for raising and lowering the same.

The confronting sides of the end walls 2 are provided with transverse cleats 10 and 1,1, the forward ends of the cleats 10 being joined by longitudinal strips 12. The strips 12 and the cleats 10 support movable drawers 13, and the front side ofv each drawer is provided with vertical cleats 14 and handles or straps 15. Resting upon the cleats 11 is a tray 16 having finger grips l7.

Hinged to the rear wall 3, as at 18 is a lid 19 adapted to fit down over the upper edges of the tray 16 and the front wall 4:. The lid 19 is secured in a closed position by a lock 20, of a conventional form, and by clasps 21, the former being carried by the lid 19 adapted to engage in the bar 7, while the Clasps are carried by the bar 7 and are adapted to be engaged by the front edges of the lid.

The outer sides of the end walls 2 are provided with handles 22 to permit of the trunk being easily carried.

With the trunklid open, and the front wall thereof raised, easy access can be had to the drawers 13. The cleats 14 of the drawers prevent the wall 4: from injuring the drawers or striking the handles or straps 15 thereof.

My trunk or chest can be made of papierinach, wood, or metal for ordinary traveling purposes and entirely of steel for expressage purposes.

lVhile in the drawings forming a part of this application there is illustrated the preferred embodiments of my invention, I would have it understood that the details of construction can be varied or changed as to the shape, proportion and manner of assemblage, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having now describediny inventiomwhat I claim as new, is;

A trunk body having front corner posts provided with vertical guide-grooves, a front wall mounted for vertical movement in said grooves, a plurality of drawers superposed in said trunk body and each provided on its outer face with vertical cleats against which the movable front wall engages when in lowered position, and a lid hinged to said trunk body, and inclosing the upper end of said movable front wallwhen in closed posh tion.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' JOHN FINZLER. lVitnesses JULiUs J. V oLoYt, Kovais LOJOS. 

